Anthony shrugs.

Activities progress and the day draws on. Soon it's time for dinner.

Dinner! Kaede has a gaggle of children following him to the eating place.

Awwwww.

(Hot dogs. There are hot dogs. They are pretty good.)

Also at dinner: Sasha, another counselor who's curious about the apparent bewilderment and hostility directed nearish Kaede.

She (quietly) declares the people glaring to be dicks, after being told details.

Thank you, Sasha. Kaede likes you.

Eventually they should get the kids to bed.

The kids are mostly good about it! It takes a few minutes, and that's all.

The other two counselors seem mostly content to now ignore the two of them.

Well they'll have to ignore alone because Kaede is not ignoring them; that's part of pretending everything is alright! He is chatty and friendly and fills the silence with cheerful conversation.

Anthony helps out!

The evening wears on and eventually it's probably time to sleep.

That it is! Good night!

Anthony responds likewise and then it is the morning and they can go get the kids up and do Activities!

Activities!

How're the other counselors today?

Chatting to each other amicably, the two others in their group! Some of the other counselors seem a bit tired.

Sasha waves from nearby. Anthony waves back.

At lunchtime he sits next to Anthony while other counselors look after the kids.

"This is fun."

"I like it! For the most part. The kids seem to enjoy it."

"Yeah. Does leave us very busy, though."

"It does. Not much time to chat."

"Or other things."

"I have no idea what you mean."

"Play games, of course. Practice sports. Go swimming."

"Oh. … Pretty tame, really."

"Of course it is! Nice, tame activities to get to know each other, absolutely not influenced at all by the thought of getting you sweaty and then getting all your clothes off."

Anthony laughs a little.

"Something funny?"

"Haven't had anyone say that to me before."

"I do like being unexpected. I also notice you did not object to the idea."

"I did not."